HAVANA nike air max 2017 kpu womens uk , Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- "We thought the Caribbean Series wasan easier tournament," said Cuban pitcher Ismel Jimenez Saturdayabout the island's poor performance, after 50 years of absence atthe regional baseball classic.
"We underestimated the event, thinking it was a weak tournament,of inferior quality. It is an experience we earned," commented thethrower from the Sancti Spiritus Gallos, asked as reinforce by themanager of the Villa Clara team nike air max 2017 kpu uk , to attend the Series.
Jimenez confessed he felt confused during the competitionbecause the Cuban pitchers did not know how to pitch to some oftheir rivals in this first regional confrontation.
He stressed that Cuban baseball teams need more to collide withforeign counterparts, to notice their changes and get to knowthem.
Though the fast defeat, Jimenez expressed to be very happy ofbeing among the first to participate at the Caribbean Series afterover 50 years of Cuban absence.
"I could not return with the ecstasy of the victory, it was theworst season in my career, but being there in our first performanceis a privilege none can take away from me," he stated.
Cuba won seven of the first 12 editions of the BaseballCaribbean Series created in 1949, but the island ceased competingin 1960 nike air max 2017 grey womens uk sale , when the revolutionary government led by former PresidentFidel Castro banned professional baseball.
The victory of the Puerto Rican Indios de Mayaguez, followed bythe Venezuelan Navegantes de Magallanes decreed the early end ofCuban adventure after 54 years of absence at the Series, this timeheld in Margarita Island, Venezuela.
The disappointing participation of the island lit passions inthe media, social websites and even factories, where the most ofspecialist and people coincide in that Cuban baseball is living itsworst crisis in history.
Baseball is like a religion for the inhabitants of the island,but the country does not win an important international competitionsince 2006 nike air max 2017 grey womens uk , affected in a great measure by the defection of many ofthe local stars, who shine now at the Major Leagues. Enditem
PARIS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Passengers of a dozen nationalities were on board of the Airbus 320 of Germanwings that crashed Tuesday in southern France, said Wednesday French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
"The nationalities that have been confirmed are mainly Germans and Spanish. But according to information that have been given me, there are nationalities that are also confirmed of Argentina, Australia, Belgium nike air max 2017 grey uk , Colombia, Denmark, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, Morocco, Mexico and the Netherlands nike air max 2017 green womens uk sale ," precised the minister on BFMTV.
An Airbus A320 of German budget airline Germanwings with 150 people on board crashed Tuesday in southern France en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.
The flight was scheduled to arrive in Duesseldorf at 11:35 a.m. local time (1035 GMT), but started to descend one minute after reaching its cruising altitude of 38,000 feet at 10:45 a.m. (0945 GMT).
The aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa from the Airbus production line in 1991 and transferred to Germanwings in 2014.
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